08-29-2021, 01:21 PM
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Peter Spaeth
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli
Lots of good examples here, but from a purely hobby perspective, I just keep going back to Brien Taylor and Todd Van Poppel, whose card prices rose to then-astronomical levels based on their promise, but who never had their promise materialize, for a variety of reasons.
As a young kid, we chased rookie cards from Bob Horner and Willie Wilson for similar reasons, with similar results.
Also, John is as nice a man as there is in the hobby, and if I had a dollar for each time I worded something awkwardly, I could quit my day job. 
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In that same timeframe I recall Phil Plantier temporarily generating a lot of interest.
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